How do I read a value from user input into a variable

Question

In ksh, how do I prompt a user to enter a value, and load that value into a variable within the script?

command line

echo Please enter your name: 

within the script

$myName = ?

Answer 1

You want read:

echo Please enter your name:
read name
echo $name

See read(1) for more.

Answer 2

You can do it in a single line, like so:

read -p "Please enter your name:" myName

To use variable in script

echo "The name you inputed is: $myName"
echo $myName